I downloaded AVG for the first time a few days ago, and my question is: When a virus / trojan / worm is in the virus vault, is it still a threat for my computer? Are they deleted or they're still in my system? If not, can I delete them without having any problems opening some programs? Why don't the virus get automatically deleted and instead they're in the virus vault? Can someone explain this to me?
Thanks in advance ;-)
2007-12-15 14:06:18 · 5 answers · asked by Dita 5 in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
I'll answer to the best of my ability.
If AVG detects a virus, it moves it to the virus vault. In essence, the program moves that virus to a folder in your computer where it cannot harm your computer. It's like being in jail.
I don't think they're deleted until you empty your virus vault. But, if you don't delete them, they just sit in the vault (in jail) until you delete the infected files.
Whenever a virus is detected, you should try and 'heal' it. Honestly, I'm not sure how that works but it's somehow heals the infected file. If the virus cannot be healed, it's still in that vault and cannot harm your computer.
HTH
2007-12-15 14:12:28 · answer #1 · answered by lucidity03 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
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2016-08-28 20:43:04 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
be careful approximately deleting issues from the vault - examine first to verify what this is with the aid of the fact AVG seems to have been getting particularly some fake positives recently. i've got had a pair of courses got rid of. Admittedly certainly one of them became into for coping with misplaced passwords that I downloaded to help a chum (downloaded from important Geeks - i do no longer believe purely any previous place) whether it became right into a secure software and the different one don't have been got rid of the two. this isn't a go at AVG the two - all anti-virus courses gets fake positives sometimes and often they seem to pass with the aid of an element of universal ones. must be a reason yet i do no longer realize it.
2016-11-03 10:13:27 · answer #3 · answered by Erika 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NyKki:
It is quite safe to delete the viruses that are in your vault. They are put in the vault for safe keeping. (Reason is that if a antivirus scanner makes a mistake you may want to reinstall the file). I have never known this to happen and it is 100% safe to delete all of the viruses that you have in your vault.
Minddoctor, France
2007-12-15 14:14:55 · answer #4 · answered by MINDDOCTOR 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it sucks use avast http://www.download.com/Avast-Home-Edition/3000-2239-10019223.html?part=dl-AvastHome&subj=dl&tag=button
2007-12-15 14:08:49 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋